Daily Practice · GCSE Science
December 2004 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in December 2004, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in December 2004
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2004Explain, in terms of forces, why an orbiting satellite does not travel off in a straight line.
- 2nd December 2004Why is a stain such as iodine used when preparing a slide?
- 3rd December 2004Give two adaptations of a red blood cell.
- 4th December 2004Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 5th December 2004State one risk factor linked to type 2 diabetes.
- 6th December 2004Explain why a pyramid of biomass is never wider at the top than at the bottom.
- 7th December 2004Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
- 8th December 2004Define a covalent bond.
- 9th December 2004Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
- 10th December 2004State the difference between a rechargeable cell and a non-rechargeable cell.
- 11th December 2004Define the term 'homologous series'.
- 12th December 2004State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
- 13th December 2004A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
- 14th December 2004Calculate the current drawn by a 1150 W kettle on a 230 V supply.
- 15th December 2004State the approximate radius of a nucleus compared with the radius of an atom.
- 16th December 2004Write down the equation that links moment, force and distance.
- 17th December 2004A wire of length 0.20 m carries a current of 5.0 A at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.60 T. Calculate the force on the wire.
- 18th December 2004State the difference between resolution and accuracy.
- 19th December 2004Name the organ system responsible for breaking food down into small, soluble molecules.
- 20th December 2004How do bacteria make a person feel ill?
- 21st December 2004Explain, in terms of blood vessels, how the skin helps to cool the body when it is too hot.
- 22nd December 2004Define speciation.
- 23rd December 2004An atom has atomic number 9 and mass number 19. Calculate the number of neutrons.
- 24th December 2004On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
- 25th December 2004In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
- 26th December 2004Give one everyday example of an endothermic process.
- 27th December 2004State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
- 28th December 2004Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 29th December 2004State the equation for work done.
- 30th December 2004A current of 2.0 A flows through a resistor for 30 s. Calculate the charge that flows. Use Q = I x t.
- 31st December 2004State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.